FARM ARITHMETIC PROBLEMS 95 



20 cents a roll and the border 3 cents a yard, and the 

 paper hanger charges 25 cents a roll for hanging the 

 paper and 3 cents a yard for the border, what will be 

 the total cost? 



2. Measure the school room you are in and find 

 out what it would cost to paper it, allowing that the 

 paper would cost 15 cents per roll and the work of 

 hanging it 20 cents per roll ? How much for the pa- 

 per alone? 



3. How much would it cost to paint the outside of 

 the school house, if the paint cost $1.65 per gallon? 

 What would the painter charge for putting it on, at 5 

 cents per square yard ? 



4. How much would it cost to paint the roof of 

 the school house, if the roof paint cost 90 cents per 

 gallon and the work of putting it on 3 cents per 

 square yard? 



Farm Sales 



1. An auctioneer gets for his pay one per cent of 

 the total received. If a sale amounts to $3,457.50, 

 what does he receive? 



2. Some auctioneers get $10 and one per cent of 

 the total of the sale. What would this amount to on 

 above sale ? 



3. The terms of sale are : Sums under $10, cash. 

 Amounts over that, one year's time at 6 per cent in- 

 terest, or 2 per cent off for cash. A man buys a 

 horse for $150. What will he have to pay for it at 



